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adventures in woodworking and home maintenance, from my shop in an oversized backyard shed

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Flocked Eyeglass Storage Box with colored pyrography graphics

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Flocked Eyeglass Storage Box with  colored pyrography graphicsFor Christmas, my wife wanted something to keep on her nightstand which would store her prescription glasses and her readers in when she is wearing her contacts during the day so I made this box to hold her two pairs of glasses.Initial thoughts were a box with 2 drawers or 2 slots, but settled on a simple incline on which the glasses would set within the box.Another finger joint box. Not sure about the wood, some scraps I had. The scalloped incline was cut on my router table using a 1/2 dia ball cutter. Scaled the step over and increased depth.Pyrography for the butterfly, and colored with watercolor pencils.Finished with 2 coats of GF Wipe on Clear followed up with a quick once over with steel wool and numerous coats of Minwax paste wax.First time flocking. Not perfect. Definitely some lessons learned but overall pleased with how it completed the box.Thanks for looking.



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Retractable step stool

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Retractable step stoolThis project was fun and presented some challenges with some techniques that were new to me. This is a step stool I designed for my granddaughter. She is 15 months old. It is made from white pine and finished with Osmo oil finish.I wanted something with a retractable step so I created a track on the first step that runs over a peg on the outer housing.Initial full scale drawing:I created a pattern to us for the creation of the track. It needed a 1/16” offset because of the router bit I used had that offset.It needed a 1/16” offset because of the router bit I used had that offset.The upper step has mortise and tenon frames with rails dovetailed into the frames, 1 in front and 2 in back. I also added stretchers that would be used to attach the top step. These were made a little more complicated due to the front face having a 7 degree angle.After glue up and testing the lower step mechanism I found that the lower step would fall if the whole stool was lifter.To fix this I added two more pegs to the backThe red tail on the back of the stool is something I try to do with my pieces.



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salt and pepper grinders

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salt and pepper grinderswell here is this years christmas gift for the ladies at our office,every year i do something different,i just hate giving a gift card,so impersonable and says i really dont want to waste my time.i did 8 sets of grinders with a base.kits were from penn state.there one handed grinders that you just press with your thumb.wood used is cocobolo for the grinder and a solid 4”x8” cocobolo base with rubber feet.the grinders were finished with friction polish on the lathe and the bases were just given a coat of arm r seal.i had more pic's showing the progress but they seem to have gotten lost in cyber space.any questions or just wanna tell me they suck are welcome.



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